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Isaiah 17:2

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The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
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  1. Ezekiel 25:5Rank 1 from verse 2
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    5And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

  2. Deuteronomy 2:36Rank 2 from verse 2
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    36From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the Lord our God delivered all unto us:

  3. Jeremiah 7:33Rank 3 from verse 2
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    33And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.

  4. Zephaniah 2:6Rank 4 from verse 2
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    6And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

  5. Micah 4:4Rank 5 from verse 2
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    4But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.

  6. Numbers 32:34Rank 6 from verse 2
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    34¶ And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

  7. Deuteronomy 3:12Rank 7 from verse 2
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    12And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.

  8. Jeremiah 48:19Rank 8 from verse 2
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    19O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?

  9. Isaiah 5:17Rank 9 from verse 2
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    17Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

  10. Isaiah 7:21Rank 10 from verse 2
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    21And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;

  11. Isaiah 7:23–25Rank 11 from verse 2
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    23And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.

    24With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

    25And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.

  12. Joshua 13:16Rank 12 from verse 2
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    16And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;

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Isaiah 17:2

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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lie

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Sense 1: To recline, rest, remain, or be situated. Sense 2: In ‘lie with,’ to have sexual intercourse. Sense 3: To speak falsely. Sense 4: A false statement or deception.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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17:1THE burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

17:2The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

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17:3The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the Lord of hosts.

17:4And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.

17:5And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.

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